Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 63 Worry
Zhu Youtang looked at his son, staring at his eyes, and didn't speak for a long time. Zhu Houzhao also looked at his father, but he just blinked his big eyes and pretended to be innocent.

After a long time, Zhu Youtang gave his son a hard look, and then said: "It has been investigated by someone, and we have confronted each other. The public says that the public is right, and the woman said that the woman is right. No one pleads guilty. It is very difficult to find out the truth. Coupled with the turbulent public opinion outside, if this matter is not handled well, something will happen."

Zhu Houzhao pouted, something happened?In Zhu Houzhao's view, this was more like a case of persecution by public opinion, and Xu Jing and Tang Bohu were obviously cheated.

Although what these two bastards did was really unreliable, they must not be the only ones doing this. Who made these two guys so high-profile?Zhu Houzhao didn't even dare to think about it, why did everything leak out?These people in this era are better than the paparazzi of later generations, so how can they find everything?

Such troublesome things, shouldn't they be done quietly?Why is the city full of wind and rain for no reason?

If Zhu Houzhao knew about the exam questions in his previous life, he would definitely not tell anyone, so why did everyone know about it?

Zhu Hou took care of his father and said directly: "Then we need to investigate more clearly, otherwise it will not be enough to anger the common people, or it will not be enough to reassure people's hearts, or it will not be enough to have an explanation to the world."

Anyway, Zhu Houzhao is talking like a car wheel, and he doesn't say anything to the point. After the Ye Qi incident, Zhu Houzhao has discovered the change of his father. He no longer believes in what those scholars say. There is no lower limit at all, and you can't be fooled by them.

The father and son stared at each other for a long time, Zhu Youtang laughed and scolded, "It's okay, you little slicker. Tell me, what do you think?"

"Father, this matter is actually very simple. Just after the examination, there has been rumors on the street that 'Xu Jing, a rich man from Jiangyin, bribed money to get the test questions'. What does this mean? It means that someone has seen the article written by Xu Jing. The article is the same as the exam questions, and this is also the difficulty of this time, if there are no questions, then why is there such a thing?"

"Secondly, I looked at the dossier that I handed over with Jin Yiwei Zhezi. How did Cheng Minzheng get involved in this matter? One reason is that both Xu Jing and Tang Yin visited Cheng Minzheng."

"One said he admired Cheng Minzheng's talent and learning, and wanted to be a teacher, and the other was like Cheng Minzheng begging for essays, Guada Lixia! My son also discovered one thing, that is, this time the imperial examination questions are very uncommon, so there are not many good articles. At that time, Cheng Minzheng saw two wonderful articles and praised that these two articles must be written by Xu Jing and Tang Yin."

"Judging from the above things, the vend question seems to be true, but it is not true. If it is true, how can Tang Yin and Xu Jing let people see the sample essay he wrote? You must memorize it after you finish it. In the heart, and then burn it to the torch, Tang Yin is the Jie Yuan of Ying Tianfu, so there is no need to ask outsiders to do the sample essay."

Hearing this, Zhu Youtang nodded, and looked at his son appreciatively, not to say right or wrong, but his son's doubts were justified.

"Secondly, Cheng Minzheng, if he really leaked the questions to Xu Jing and Tang Yin, shouldn't he alienate them? He even pretended not to be familiar with them? Why did he praise the two excellent papers as Xu Jing and Tang Yin during the examination? What did you do? Isn’t this place without 300 taels of silver? This is also unreasonable.”

"The whole thing is hidden behind the fog, and it may be very difficult to find out the truth!" Zhu Houzhao sighed helplessly as he spoke, and raised his head to look at his father.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao now understands a little bit why the old father directly punished Xu Jing and Tang Bohu in history, partly because he wanted to give an explanation to public opinion, and partly because he was really angry.Cutting the official status of Tang Yin and Xu Jing, and making them officials at the same time, you must know that scholars look down on officials. Such an approach is tantamount to trampling the dignity of the two into the mud.

But why?Why would an emperor like Zhu Youtang do this to these two people?It is estimated that Xu Jing did not tell the truth until the end, or it was for deterrence.

Officials who came to Beijing to rush for the exam, let alone other things, you ran to the examiner's house to ask for essays and give money. Such behavior makes it difficult to think that you are okay.What kind of official is such a person, what makes Zhu Youtang even more angry is Cheng Minzheng, how can you not handle things?To do such an unreliable thing.

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao's appearance, smiled slightly, but still said: "Sometimes, the truth is not that important, and I worked hard to curry favor with the examiner before the exam. Even if there are no questions, it shows that my mind is not right. Cheng Minzheng , as the chief examiner of the examination, he should stand upright, doesn't he know how to avoid suspicion?"

In fact, Zhu Houzhao still thinks that there is no such case. There are such people in this era. They think that a gentleman does not need to do this kind of thing. They do everything openly. Why should they hide it from others?Why avoid suspicion?That's not his own style, not what a gentleman does. Zhu Houzhao knows very well that there are many such people in this era.

When Cheng Minzheng was ten years old, he was recommended to the imperial court as a "prodigy". He was issued an edict by the emperor and studied in the Imperial Academy. Jinshi is the least among the more than 19 people on the same list.Zuo Yude, the official of the calendar, talked directly about the East Palace, and his knowledge was profound, which was the crown of the moment.Xiaozong succeeded to the throne, promoted Shao Zhanshi, went straight to Jingyan, and served as the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

If you look at Cheng Minzheng's resume, you will know that this person has been reading sage books all his life, and Zhu Houzhao is not surprised to do such a thing.

It's not surprising that Xu Jing and Tang Bohu went to look for him, because who is this?An old-timer in the imperial examinations, a top figure in learning.What happened to Xu Jing Zhu Houzhao didn't know, but Zhu Houzhao felt that it was unlikely that Tang Bohu would get the test questions. Tang Bohu was the Jie Yuan of the Nanzhili Township Examination. Running to make a problem?

"Tell me, what do you plan to do if this matter is for you to deal with?" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked again.

This time Zhu Houzhao was indifferent. In fact, this matter is very easy to handle, just deal with it directly. First of all, Cheng Minzheng, you will be the examiner, so you should avoid suspicion before the exam. Needless to say, right?What about you?Not only are they very close, but they also collect money and write articles for them. What's your brain?Even if there is no problem, this kind of brainless official will go home as soon as possible.Don't be such an official, go home, just dismiss and return home.

(End of this chapter)